Author: Chris Piehler
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Generation Global Launches Safe Online Environment for Students to Explore Cultural Differences Through Dialogue
The non-profit program provides free educational content, curated videoconferences, and a safe online community where students can connect with peers from around the world (NEW YORK, ... -
Odysseyware adds ‘Principles of Coding’ to its curriculum
Guided by the Computer Science Teacher’s Association standards, the course can be customized for use in traditional, blended, or flipped classrooms (CHANDLER, AZ) December 16, 2015 ... -
ClassFlow Launches New App for Teacher-Parent Communication
The new Moments app allows teachers to chat with parents and share assignments, announcements and awards (ATLANTA, GA) September 1, 2016 – ClassFlow Moments, a new ... -
EXO U Launches Ormiboard to Help Teachers Transform Mobile Devices into Interactive Whiteboards
The collaborative SaaS tool works on any device to engage students through interactive activities, games, and lesson-building (Montreal, Canada) August 23, 2016 — EXO U Inc. ... -
Custom Assessments Allow Teachers to Easily Blend Cross-Curricular Concepts
Kids Discover Online users of the science and social studies curriculum can now design their own homework and assessments within the platform. Just in time for ... -
We aspire to be Finland, but we’re not even close
**The Edvocate is pleased to publish guest posts as way to fuel important conversations surrounding a P-20 education in America. The opinions contained within guest posts ... -
What Makes 5th-Graders Dig Deeply into Texts?
An information and technology literacy specialist shares how a combination of digital and print resources helped him and his students. By Josh Jackson Fifth-graders can sometimes ... -
Student motivation: An adult problem with grown-up solutions
By Vinod Lobo, Learning Upgrade How can we motivate the lowest performing students in a school to complete a rigorous standards-based curriculum and move up to ... -
The Next-Generation Science Standards and the Future of Learning
Cross-curricular lessons prepare today’s students for tomorrow’s jobs. By Ted Levine There is no public intellectual in our society who is better able to peer far ... -
myON Named a “Reader’s Choice Top Product” by District Administration Readers
Nominations from top K-12 leaders led to the selection of products that enhance learning across the country (Minneapolis, MN) December 8, 2015 — myON, a business of ...